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Our unconscious minds and and dreams are alike in that
Aboth are out of our control
Bboth can accommodate contradiction
Cneither functions in a continuous manner
Dboth deal with non-real issues
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Question 1652
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This passage emphasizes
Achild growing up in ignorance
Bour unconcious mind
Ca child's inability to distinguish between dream and reality
Dillogical dreams
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Question 1653
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What type of education does the writer advocate for our student?
AVocational as well as technological education
BBusiness, engineering, medicine and computer programming
CTechnological education plus the humanities
DTechnology education only
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Question 1654
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According to the writer, a study of the humanities
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The preparation which a study of the humanities can provide stems from three observations about education in our world of accelerating social and technological change. First, with the rate of change, we cannot hope to train our student for specific technologies. That kind of vocational education is obsolescent. By the time the specific training will have been completed, the world will have moved on.
If our education consists of narrow training, we will not be prepared to change. Second and paradoxically, what our student desire from their education is preparation for specific careers – business, engineering, medicine, computer programming and the like, but we will not be able to train them for a life-long career. Their confronting the depressed job market gives our students a certain anxiety, but the solution they seek in vocational training is not sufficient. Third, we sense in our students a narrow materialism, with the good life defined in terms of material comforts. Education then means learning to do a job which will make money. I see in this definition a limiting sense of what education and thus life offer, a definition which excludes joy and meaning. Our narrow approach to the study of the humanities responds to these three related problems. In our changing, yet narrow world, the teaching of the humanities finds one powerful justification – it teaches student how to think.
Ais accepted by present day students essential
Bprepares students for specific careers
Cprovides missing link in the technological education of our students
Dis the best solution to the problem of unemployment
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Question 1655
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What is the major weakness of training students for specific technologies?
AIt trains students for only one type of career
BIt helps students to acquire money later when they are employed
CIt makes them anxious for a job in the market
DIt cannot help students to cope with the rapid changes in the world
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Question 1656
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'Our world of accelerating social and technological change' means that
Aour world is moving too fast socially and technologically
Bour world is going through more rapid, social and technological change
Cthe social and technological change is more exhilarating than before
Dthe social and technological change is accelerating our world
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Question 1657
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What is the difference between an old - fashioned military band on the one hand and discotheque and rock 'n' roll joints on the other?
AOne is old-fashioned while the other is modern
BOne produces sounds for marching, the other for disco
COne has drums, the other has guitars
DOne produces amplified sounds, the other does not
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Question 1658
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'The same thing happened to aviators'. This excerpt according to the passage, means
Athat riveters were particularly susceptible
Bindustrial and military deafness
Cthat continued loud noise resulted in deafness
Dthat working in a boiler factory affected one's hearing
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Question 1659
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What is the result of being subjected to the din of the proverbial boiler factory for a long length of time?
AA loss of hearing which will never improve
BTotal deafness eight hours a day
CTemporary deafness
DHearing loss which can be corrected by medical treatment
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Question 1660
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'Just as nagging parents have long suspected' implies that the parents suspected that
Athier children did not listen to them
Bchildren could not hear properly
Cotologist where always right
Dchildren were disobedient because they did not listen to their parents
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Question 1661
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The young are not listening to their elders because
Athey never have
Bthier parents nag constantly
Cthey are permanently deaf
Dthey appear to be going deaf
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Question 1662
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In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) underlined:He has been advised to keep his head, the confusion not withstanding
Aavoid being beaten or insulted
Bkeep calm
Csave his head
Dprevent being beheaded
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Question 1663
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In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word underlined: Her identification with the king is publicly known
Ahatred
Bdisassociation
Crelationship
Dintimacy
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Question 1664
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In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word underlined:
It is a unique opportunity for her to demonstrate the reality of her faith
Astrange
Busual
Cgolden
Dunusual
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Question 1665
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In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word underlined:
He accepted a mundane task without hesitation
Agreat
Blowly
Cmenial
Dmoderate
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Question 1666
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In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills(s) the gap(s):
If they had not all jumped out of the car just in time, they ....
Amight have been perished
Bwill have perished
Cwere all going to perish
Dwould have perished
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Question 1667
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In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills(s) the gap(s):
Many students have joined the .... movement
Arevivalists
Brevival
Crevivalist
Drevivalist's
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Question 1668
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In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills(s) the gap(s):
The spokesman confirmed that government would not give .... to the demands of trade union leaders
Aup
Binto
Conto
Din
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Question 1669
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In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills(s) the gap(s):
I ran .... an old friend of mine on Broad Street and brought him home
Ainto
Bto
Cover
Dacross
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Question 1670
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In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills(s) the gap(s):
when the transformer blew up, Saka threw himself down .... his stomach
